Part 3 - Assembling
You Will Need: 9x 10mm jump rings, the 2x tube connectors that you made earlier, 2x pairs of flat-nosed pliers, a fire brick, a cotter pin, flux, steel tweezers, a blowtorch, brass tweezers, medium silver solder, fresh water, pickle, a pickling unit, copper tweezers
Once the clasp is fully pickled take one of the larger jump rings and loop it through the tube of your first frame and the smaller end jump ring. Use two pairs of flat-nosed pliers to bring the ends of the jump ring together. To avoid having to do too much clean up after soldering take the time to make sure that the joins of the jump rings are completely flush.
Place it onto your fire brick and place a cotter pin on top so that just the join of the jump ring you want to solder is exposed. The cotter pin will protect your previous joins from the heat of your flame and help prevent them from accidentally running.
Paint the join with flux and place one piece of medium solder across the join. Turn on your blowtorch and heat the jump ring, concentrating only on the join and the section of jump ring immediately either side of the join.
Once the solder has run, remove the cotter pin and use your brass tweezers to quench the piece in fresh water.
Take the second large jump ring and use it to link the first and second frames together. Close it in the same way as before with two pairs of flat-nosed pliers, place it onto the fire brick, and solder in exactly the same way as before, using a cotter pin to protect the tube joins from overheating.
Repeat this process with each of the large jump rings and frames until they are all soldered together.
It’s worth noting that you don’t need to pickle in between solders as each new jump ring is considered a clean and separate join.
When you get to the final frame, slide the jump ring through the last tube along with one of the tube connectors you made earlier.
Place it onto a fire brick with the join of the jump ring as far away from the frame as possible, and slide the connector around so that it sits next to the frame. Place a cotter pin onto the jump ring so that it's protecting the connector and tube soldered to the frame.
Paint the jump ring join with flux and place one piece of medium silver solder across the join. Turn on your blowtorch and solder.
Once soldered, quench in fresh water, slide the second connector onto the next jump ring and solder it closed in the same way as before.
Finally, attach and solder the final jump ring, quench in fresh water, and pop the finished bracelet into the pickle.